Tiny Brains
"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative puzzle that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains"…
Tiny Brains is an adventure developed by Spearhead Games, released 15 November 2013 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Tiny Brains is
Tiny Brains is an adventure game developed by Spearhead Games and released in 2013. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Tiny Brains" is a cooperative puzzle that follows four super-powered lab animals in their attempt to escape a mad scientist's experiments. In this joyously chaotic multiplayer game, the four "Tiny Brains" must combine their unique physics-based powers to navigate through a trick-ridden maze. All of the puzzles in "Tiny Brains" can be solved multiple ways depending on how groups combine their powers. Attractive to both hardcore and casual fans, the game has competitive leaderboards and challenging fast paced communicative play along with simple controls so players of any level can jump right in.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, party and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Tiny Brains holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 6 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for P4 3 Ghz or Athlon 3400, 2 GB RAM and 256 MB Video Memory with Shader Model 3.0 support; ATI Radeon X1600XT / NVIDEA GeForce 7800GS. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Tiny Brains launched on 15 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Super Mario 3D World. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Super Mario 3D World.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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